On the Tea Party

This past week Walter Williams wrote a very good article in which he used Charles Krauthammer's 27 August column on "Liberalism under siege" and Paul Krugman's writing in the NY Times on 29 August "Its Witch-Hunt Season" (I'd put a link for this but NY Times didn't offer one that said it was compatible with Blogger). Paul Krugman is a Nobel Laureate in Economics, he received his degrees from Yale and MIT. I believe this qualifies him as a legitimate member of the intelligentsia and the liberal elite. That group of social democrats who know they know what is best for America and we just need to follow their enlightened path.

Dr. Krugman blames the current state of affairs, on the muck rakers like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh who continually inflame the less educated and he believes they are the main stream of the Republican party. He fears we are entering into a period of craziness, caused by these rabble rousers who support secure borders, balanced budgets, and equity in the tax structure. The same crazy people who don't believe we should sell our future for a central government health care program. This civil unrest will ruin the chances that enlightened progressive socialists, like him, will have the ability to shape America into the utopian state they know they can make it.

A little less than two years ago, when the Democrats sweep into power I had hoped they would be able to lead, to govern from the middle, to put America's and American interest first. Unfortunately they have proven incapable of that. Now the Tea Party rises from the silent majorities frustration. I think if the Tea Party had their way we would throw them all out and start over. If I were an incumbent, in either party, I would be worried!